c322052 Archive | Orange County Uplift Foundation

This event was in collaboration with Dr. Gabriella Jones. The event was held at the Lincoln Experience Center (LEC) within Fashion Island, Newport Beach, CA.

Mrs. Andree Smalls the Director of Operations at LEC. This was our inaugural event for what will hopefully become another annual signature program for the chapter. Thank you to volunteer Jamie McCallop who was one of the originators of the concept to conduct this event designed to honor our Veterans by providing professional business attire for those transitioning from active military to civilian careers.

Mr. McCallop is still on active duty in the US Army and recently transitioned from Southern California (via Kansas) to North Carolina.

Thank you once again Mr. McCallop for your service!

We collected numerous articles of clothing that will be distributed through our community partner:

Working Wardrobes https://workingwardrobes.org/

Volunteer Alvin Hayes and his jazz trio set the tone with several outstanding sets of excellent music. Food was catered by Medocino Farms. Special thanks to all that supported this event with donations and attendance. Our efforts will be appreciated by Veterans and others in need.

OCUF volunteers Kalonji Saterfield, Warner Brown III, Malcolm Perry and Chris Walton supported this event with their presences and presented a $1,000 donation to help support on going programming at the center.

OCUF Donates $1,000 To WISE Place In Honor Of Mrs. Kathi Bowman

OCUF Completes Its 2nd STEAM Cohort

Our new Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) program is an important component of our already mature and successful STEM mentoring program. Our STEAM mentorship program is committed towards providing guidance to college undergraduate students through participation in workshops, community service, and one-on-one mentorship.

The goal of the program is to foster educational and professional success by preparing and inspire young women and men in underserved communities to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) discipline and environments. These skills are needed for the jobs of tomorrow and through our STEAM initiative, we are expanding our CMP program even further and providing the essential components to prepare our students for the future.